United States v. Gerlach

*384Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

Appellant was brought from Vietnam to Okinawa to stand trial before a general court-martial on a charge of committing an assault, in which grievous bodily harm was intentionally inflicted upon a fellow Marine, in violation of Article 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 928. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to suffer punishment extending to confinement at hard labor for two years and a bad-conduct discharge. With provision for a limited suspension of part of the punishment, the convening authority approved the sentence. His action was…